Published: Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 10:53 a.m.

Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 10:53 a.m.

BELLEVIEW — Wayne and Mary Buzzard had put their Belleview home up for sale, had packed and were looking forward to moving to Arizona next Saturday.

Those plans are now on hold after a huge water oak in their backyard split in half sometime around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Some of the tree fell on their roof and other parts of their home, at 11029 SE 55th Ave. Some of it fell on their neighbor's roof.

“We're going to have to stay here until the house is repaired,” Mary Buzzard said.

When the tree fell, she was sitting in a recliner talking on the phone, her husband was in the bathroom and her daughter was lying in bed.

Buzzard said she heard a loud crash, and then the phone went dead. About a minute later, she heard another loud noise.

At that time, she said, her husband went outside and saw the damage.

“I feel so bad that it hit the neighbor's home, but I'm glad everyone is fine,” said Buzzard, who has lived in Belleview for 9½ years.

William Rodriguez, who, with his grandmother, rents the neighboring house at 11021 SE 55th Ave., said he was asleep in his room when he heard a “big boom.”

Rodriguez thought it was lightning but decided to go outside and look around.

Outside, Rodriguez saw parts of a tree on the side of the roof.

Though no one was injured, the tree took down power lines and several homes were left without electricity.

Linemen from Duke Energy were at the location to fix the downed power lines Saturday morning.

As to why the tree split in two, Mary Buzzard said a neighbor told her that last Monday lightning struck the tree. At that time, nothing happened.

She believes that, with all the rain, the tree got heavy, which caused it to split in half.

<p>BELLEVIEW — Wayne and Mary Buzzard had put their Belleview home up for sale, had packed and were looking forward to moving to Arizona next Saturday.</p><p>Those plans are now on hold after a huge water oak in their backyard split in half sometime around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Some of the tree fell on their roof and other parts of their home, at 11029 SE 55th Ave. Some of it fell on their neighbor's roof.</p><p>“We're going to have to stay here until the house is repaired,” Mary Buzzard said.</p><p>When the tree fell, she was sitting in a recliner talking on the phone, her husband was in the bathroom and her daughter was lying in bed.</p><p>Buzzard said she heard a loud crash, and then the phone went dead. About a minute later, she heard another loud noise.</p><p>At that time, she said, her husband went outside and saw the damage.</p><p>“I feel so bad that it hit the neighbor's home, but I'm glad everyone is fine,” said Buzzard, who has lived in Belleview for 9½ years.</p><p>William Rodriguez, who, with his grandmother, rents the neighboring house at 11021 SE 55th Ave., said he was asleep in his room when he heard a “big boom.”</p><p>Rodriguez thought it was lightning but decided to go outside and look around.</p><p>Outside, Rodriguez saw parts of a tree on the side of the roof.</p><p>Though no one was injured, the tree took down power lines and several homes were left without electricity.</p><p>Linemen from Duke Energy were at the location to fix the downed power lines Saturday morning.</p><p>As to why the tree split in two, Mary Buzzard said a neighbor told her that last Monday lightning struck the tree. At that time, nothing happened.</p><p>She believes that, with all the rain, the tree got heavy, which caused it to split in half.</p>